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From: milton@ektools.UUCP (Milton P. Bordenschnocker)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Building No-Nonsense Capacitors
Keywords: Capacitors, Building, High Voltage
Message-ID: <2058@ektools.UUCP>
Date: 21 Aug 89 19:14:42 GMT
Sender: milton@ektools (Milton P. Bordenschnocker)
Reply-To: milton@ektools.UUCP (Milton P. Bordenschnocker)
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Organization: Eastman Kodak, Dept. 47, Rochester NY
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   Does anyone out there have any *experience* actually building
   large capacitors?  Say, for example that I wanted to build a
   5000 uF capacitor that can withstand 1000 Volts, how do I go
   about doing it? (Yeah, I know... *VERY* *CAREFULLY*!!!)

   I have read several descriptions about how to build simple
   capacitors, (stacking sheets of wax paper and aluminum foil),
   but this is a bit beyond that.  I would like to hear from
   someone that has _actually_ built some serious capacitors.

   To the best of my knowledge, such things are not readily
   available.  If you can pick these up through a vendor, please
   let me know about them.
   
   Please reply directly to the me.  Spare the Net traffic.
   Thanks in advance.
   - milt 			...rochester!kodak!ektools!milton